Mormon missionaries freed in Guatemala

By Washington Examiner

Published December 21, 2012 8:37pm ET

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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan authorities say two female Mormon missionaries were kidnapped for two days before being freed by a special police anti-kidnapping unit helped by the FBI.

Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla says three kidnappers were captured during the rescue of the 22-year-old missionaries, one from the U.S. and the other from Ecuador.

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